WW1 Allied Forces

There are many answers to this, not the least of which is that the U.S. did not wish to War, and did not believe it was ready for a war. Woodrow Wilson, the President, was an isolationist, and did not believe our cause would be served by getting involved in the war. In fact, he was re-elected on the slogan, "He kept us out of war".

The international (SI) unit for force is the newton.

The use of armed forces as a tool of diplomacy is known as militarism.

i think its Maria Theresa but not sure

Over 10,000 Canadian soldiers were casualties, with 3,598 men killed and 7,004 wounded An estimated 20,000 Germans were wounded or killed. It is not known how many died, the figure lumps both figures together. A further 4,000 Germans were taken prisoner.

Russia, France, Serbia and Great Britain. Russia and France surrounded them, blocking trade routes. Serbia was a threat to Austria-Hungary's control over some of its land. And Great Britain and its navy made sea routes rather unsafe for the Central Powers.

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Partially, they had good plans for mobilization, but had seriouely underestimated the military supply requirements. As a result many of their units went into battle underequiped and with little ammunition reserves. The supply problems were never fully solved and as a result the Russian armies were often badly beaten by much better prepared Germans.

Europe In WW1 it stretched from the English Channel to the Swiss Border.

workers weren't allowed to go strike during ww1 because if they were not working they would not have any money to by any food because of the rations or would not have enough to by an Anderson shelter (bomb shelter)

In June 1940, Italy's mobilised strength was 1,630,000. This would later rise to a peak of 2,363,000.

Mussolini once boasted of 8 million Italian bayonets but that was not credible or achieveable. At the outbreak of the war the Italian army had a strength of 73 divisions made up of 106 infantry regiments, 12 light infantry regiments, 10 mountain regiments and 12 cavalry regiments, 5 armored regiments, 32 artillery regiments and 19 engineer regiments. The average Italian infantry division was little smaller than the American infantry division. And out of the 73 infantry divisions, only 20 were fully manned and equipped. The problem with the Italian army was its equipment. It had 7,970 artillery pieces but only 246 had been manufactured since 1930. Many had been upgraded with pneumatic tires replacing old wooden wheels. Their aircraft, trucks and tanks were even more out of date. Their tanks were too small to combat a modern mechanized army. Source: "The Italian Army; 1940-45", Part 1, by Osprey 'Men-at-Arms' series.

it was king edward the second i think but we were not allied forces that was the name of the German army and their allies.

it was king edward the second i think but we were not allied forces that was the name of the German army and their allies.

On the contrary. Most of those who fought during World War I were poor or underprivileged men. The rich were not required to fight in the war. It was during World War I that the Selective Service began.

The four causes of the First World War are; * Imperialism * The assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria * Germany invading Belgium on it's way to fight France * Militariasm The various causes of World War Two are; * Germany looking for revenge after World War One * Adolf Hitler (Germany) looking to take over the world

The prime minister that lead the British into world war one was Herbert Asquith. Prime Minister Asquith gave Germany her ultimatum in 1914 to get out of Belgium.

here is a great answer.

Warluster for the credit :)

Well, there are quite a few from World War One

The very first Commander and CHief was Joseph Joffre. He was quite old; as were most French generals, and was admired very much by the people and some of the army (When I say some, that is in the first year.) so he earned the nickname Papa Joffre. He made some terrible mistakes, and ignored things as he was too proud and stubborn. He actually led the Defense of Paris in the Franco Prussian war of the previous century. He was fired in 1916 after Somme. (3 August 1914 - 13 December 1916)

The second was Robert Nivelle. Actualy young for a French general, he was very inexperinced compared to Joffre and his succesors, with only experince from the Boxer Rebellion of 1905. He earnt the rank of Comander and Chief after a amazing counter attack at Verdun, the bloodiest French, or even any battle, in the war. THis was overshadowed by what then happened. He led wave after wave of horrible attacks which kill thousands upon thousands of his own men, using tactics which were proved ineffective in the Franco Prussian war. He then devised a offensive, the Nivelle offensive, which proved quite successful compared to other battles of the war. The offensive broke down after 100 000 French soldiers died, and the medical services broke down. Several weeks/month's later hwas gone. (13 December 1916 - April 1917)

The third, and most famous of them all, was Philippe Petain. After Nivelle the French army mutined, but petain skillfuly handled it so a crisis was avoided. Following this major succes Petain refused to operate any more major offensives until more American forces came, unlike the British who lost thousands of British and Commonwealth troops. But he was also waiting for more tanks and as quoted: 'I am waiting for more tanks, and more Americans' . A massive German attack in 1918 though broke through his lines because commanders of infeiror rank didn't follow orders. Petain was punished and stripped of rights. In 1940 he became Prsident of France, then leading the Pro Nazi Vichy government.

The final General Ferdinand Foch. In March, 1918 Foch was appointed Supreme Commander of Allied Forces. THis covered every single Allied force from the British and Commonwealth soldiers, to the French and the new Americans. Foch handled the end of the war well, coordanating offensives and introducing the Americans in comfrtoably, using them, well in offensives and pushing the Germans back into the Hindenburg line. A amazing General, probably the best egneral of the whole war. he held Paris easiloy, and as quoted: 'I will fight in front of Paris, I will fight in Paris, I will fight behind Paris'. Along with Haig he was one of the generals who accepted the German surrender in Novmber. He was inducted in Les Invalides where he lay alongisde some of France's most amazing people, including Napoleon. Foch's was the only tomb left alone when the Germans held Paris during World War Two. He was named Marshal of France, Marshal of Poland and Grand Marshal of Britain and has numerous statues through Poland, Britain, France and the US.

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world war one originally started with 3 main powers; Britain, France and Russia.

When Britain declared war that meant that Canada was also at war, and also many troops from Australia. In 1917, the United States joined the triple entente as well, jsut as Russia had called for peace with Germany.

Germany was part of the Triple Alliance. So it didn't feel threatened by it. Perhaps you meant the Triple Entente, which was the opposing alliance made of Great Britain, France, and Russia.

Before the Triple Alliance and Triple Entente, there was the Dual Alliance (Germany and Austria-Hungary) and the Franco-Russian Alliance (France and Russia). However, even more prior to this, there the Three Emperor's League, which was an alliance between Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Russia. However, Austria and Russia have been feuding over the Balkans, which destroyed the alliance. Once France saw that Russia was without an alliance, it jumped at the chance to align with Russia. Germany saw this as a threat because they wanted to avoid a two front war (a war on the west and east). So to do this, they looked for another country to join their Dual Alliance with Austria. This spot went to Italy, who was looking to assure itself as a Great Power and protect its borders.

Now, the only Great Power without an alliance was Great Britain. It seemed certain that Great Britain would join Germany as well because the leaders of both countries were heavily related (at this point, Russia's czar was also related to Germany's kaiser and GB's king and was somewhat at peace with Germany but was uncertain about GB. You will know why later). However, Kaiser Wilhelm II wanted to assure Germany was the most powerful European country, so he wanted Germany to have just as powerful a navy as Great Britain. This was considered a threat to Great Britain and ultimately dissolved the chances of the two countries aligning. Again, France jumped at the chance to align with a powerful country. However, Great Britain would also have to align with Russia, which Russia didn't want to do. Russia just lost the Russo-Japanese War, and Great Britain and Japan were allies. However, France was able to reassure Russia and ultimately Great Britain ended up joining France and Russia forming the Triple Entente.

Due to all this, Germany felt threatened by the Triple Entente because it proposed the possibility that Germany will have to fight a two front war. (However, it ended up being a stalemate war on the west as the Russians were eventually defeated and opted out of WWI due to an internal revolution).

China had Chiang Kai Chek as both a military and political leader. Marshall Zhukov was a Soviet military leader, Eisenhower commanded European forces for the US and Bernard Montgomery and "Bomber" Harris were key figures for the UK. Charles de Gaulle controlled the Free French and Nimitz and MacArthur took on the Japanese in the Pacific.

Before World War 1, there were two groups of countries in Europe among the major powers, those countries that desired to control the course of international affairs. The Triple Alliance was made up of Germany, Austria-Hungary and Italy, but after the war started in 1914 Italy remained neutral and the other two were called the Central Powers, later joined by Bulgaria and Turkey. The other group began with Britain and France forming an Entente Cordiale, or cordial understanding (something less formal than a treaty), and when the Russian Empire joined them it was known as the Triple Entente. When the triple entente went to war in defense of Serbia and Belgium, they were called the Allied Powers. After a secret treaty was made, Italy joined them in 1915. The reason why alliances are formed is the awareness of two or more countries that they share similar interests and perceive other countries as common enemies.

national self-determination.

armament reduction.

open diplomacy

Great Britain, United States, and the Soviet Union

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The Grand Alliance was the result of Adolf Hitler's reign over Nazi Germany. Because the other countries were threatened by his reign, the United States, USSR, and Great Britain came together, also known as the Grand Alliance, in order to stop Germany during WWII.

Archduke Franz Ferdinand was shot in the jugular by Gavrilo Princip, a member of Young Bosnia and The Black Hand. He was wearing constrictive clothing to make himself look slimmer, and by the time his would-be rescuers were able to remove his coat, he had bled to death.

I heard 400 million. But it doesn't sound right to me because that is how much the new Marine one Heli costs.

Well it really depends on what kind u get and if they r on sale because i have a lot lot of different kinds and they all cost different prices

Actually my husband works for Boeing and was on the AF-1 project and he said Boeing spent over a Billion for the 2 units but it was a package deal they made to the Air Force that they only paid 500 Milliion